Kolkata Theft Suspicion

A man was allegedly beaten to death in Salt Lake area on Saturday for "mobile phone theft", less than 24 hours after a person died when he was roughed up over a similar suspicion, police said.

A man was allegedly beaten to death at a state-run hostel for students in central Kolkata's Bowbazar area on Friday over suspicion of mobile phone theft, police said.

A Trinamool Congress leader who allegedly led a mob that lynched a 23-year-old student on the suspicion that he stole a buffalo was arrested in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district early on Friday morning.

A man was allegedly beaten to death in Salt Lake area on Saturday for "mobile phone theft", less than 24 hours after a person died when he was roughed up over a similar suspicion, police said.

A man was allegedly beaten to death at a state-run hostel for students in central Kolkata's Bowbazar area on Friday over suspicion of mobile phone theft, police said.

A Trinamool Congress leader who allegedly led a mob that lynched a 23-year-old student on the suspicion that he stole a buffalo was arrested in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district early on Friday morning.